It looks like they’ve done very nicely at the CIPR/BT Press and Broadcast Awards, where they scooped website of the year – they’ve even got hotlinks embedded in the story (is there anyway we can enter this next year?). Congrats too to Clare Regan who won the Martin O’Hagan Memorial Bursary (cash attached, now that is a prize worth having). The Irish News scooped newspaper of the year, whilst the Sunday World took the Sunday section award.
I’ve been catching up on some reading, recently. Most pleasantly surprised by John Drennan’s latest opus from Gill and Macmillan, Cute Hoors and Pious Protestors… It’s early days yet, but I was struck by this paragraph, part of a dissection of Fianna Fail near the beginning: One of the more fatal consequences of our colonial [...] read our review »
Here’s a great review of a fascinating book (H/T reader Rory) on how the Internet is destroying our capacity for intelligent, focused and critical thought. It opens thus: …here is the news that Ulin brings in this slim, meandering book: that reading is “an act of contemplation”; that such an act becomes more difficult in [...] read our review »
Who was it up against?
We weren’t congratulating the Tele much earlier on.
Why the removal and is this thread compensation?
I sincerely hope not!
Must admit I never visited the Belfast Telegraph’s website. Just had a look and it is quite impressive. Well done.
Luckily their inability to spell did not count against them.
Their website seems better than their newspaper!
Yes why the removal of the much subcribed to thread about the Tele’s unsubtle queerbashing. I tried to include a comment when 52 people had already debated only to find it removed.
Regardless of the merits or lack of them of this publication, I opined that their attitude said more about ‘N.I.’ as a society as any host of blethering to do with when the assembly might reconvene or not. Why the censorship?
Congrats to all concerned at the BT awards.
However, the real story is somewhere else.
Lá today became the first newspaper in Ireland to podcast. At the moment, the podcast is available at http://www.nuacht.com. It’s basic but it’s a start. And within the next few days it should be available on i-tunes according to well placed sources
Yes – why has the post/thread about the ‘Cottaging’ story in the Belfast Telegraph (http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=684424) been removed? I am glad those behind the website had the good sense not to republish the photographs online.
Is it just me or is there more stuff on the Belfast Telegraph website than in their paper? The website seems to be quite different – which can only be a good thing.
Cottaging story is awaiting a ‘legal sweep’ (when I can find the time) and will be restored asap.
So….who was it up against?
Paddy McDuff – I’m guessing other news sites – bbc northern ireland, utv, irish news, news letter etc etc….
utv’s website makes me feel ill…
I agree with George Cousins. What on earth is going on with UTV’s website? It is disgusting…surely they can afford a graphic designer or something?